sanever

A saner semver

This package is a fork of node-semver with some minor adjustments. The API compatible, the semver range parsing rules are not.

Sanity?

The changes this library implements are in two areas of the range parser: pre-releases are not included in the lower end of an expanded range and 0.x.y no longer has special meaning for the ^ range specifier.

Pre-releases and ranges

• Range specifiers ^ and ~ no longer include pre-release versions at the lower bounds. For example, the ~1.2.3 range will no longer match 1.2.3-beta etc. The range expansion has changed from >=1.2.3-0 <1.3.0-0 to >=1.2.3 <1.3.0-0.
• Incomplete range range specifiers, such as 1.1 and >1 will no longer include pre-release versions at the lower bounds.
• Range specifiers including x and *, such as 1.1.x and 1.* will no longer include pre-release versions at the lower bounds.

0.x is no longer a special case

The ^ range specifier has alternative behaviour for 0.x.x versions. This has been removed.

node-semver interprets a ^ for 0.x.x as an exact version. sanever handles a ^ at <1 the same as >=1.

0.x.x should not be a special case. You should communicate the stability of your library via alternative means.

License and Copyright

The copyright of this library remains Copyright (c) Isaac Z. Schlueter.

Licensed under the BSD License, see the LICENSE file for details.